NEW DELHI: Greg Chappell, the former India coach, has praised MS Dhoni, saying the current India captain had supreme confidence in his skills and had harboured no doubts about his ability to play cricket at the international level.
Dhoni made his ODI debut for India in 2004 but made his Test debut in 2005, while Chappell was coach of the team.
“His reading of the game was incredible. He had a calmness and an inner strength which wasn’t something I had seen a lot of in other cricketers,” Chappell told the Indian Express.
“He was very confident. He wasn’t cocky but there wasn’t any false modesty either. If he thought he could do something, he would go ahead and say he could do it,” he added.
Chappell also said Dhoni’s confidence in his abilities had helped him deal with pressures and failure.
“This game is about dealing with failure. Bradman batted 80 times in Test cricket and he only got 29 hundreds. So he failed 51 times. The rest of us have had a huge struggle,” Chappell said.
He added: “It’s only those who accept that they are going to fail a lot and have a belief that their method will work, who will be able to keep at it. Dhoni’s method was and is unique.”AGENCIES
